⚠️ Stolen merch ⚠️
After Pyrkon (22 June), my luggage containing inventory and display was stolen on train IC 265 Baltic Express (Poznań → Prague)
• 2 suitcases + 1 construction valued at 2-3k€
• Police report filed in Prague
more info in 🧵
RTs appreciated 🥹💔
@JenosonTwit It's already affecting current gen consoles from before the AI hype. I purchased my Steam Deck (1 TB) for 650 plus tax. When it came back in stock a couple of weeks ago, that same console is now $300 more.
DO NOT touch that keyboard. This is one of the most dangerous attacks circulating right now.
This is called a ClickFix attack. It is not a CAPTCHA. It is not a verification step. It is a social engineering attack designed to make you execute malicious code on your own machine while believing you are proving you are human.
Here is exactly what happens if you follow those steps.
The fake page has already silently copied a malicious PowerShell command to your clipboard without you knowing. It happened the moment the page loaded. You did not click anything. You did not consent to anything. The clipboard was written to in the background by JavaScript running on the page.
When you press Win + R you open the Windows Run dialog. When you press Ctrl + V you paste that malicious command directly into it. When you press Run you execute it with your own permissions on your own machine. No exploit needed. No vulnerability needed. You did it yourself. Willingly. While thinking you were completing a CAPTCHA.
The payload varies. Researchers have documented ClickFix delivering infostealers, remote access trojans, and credential harvesters. The malware executes instantly and silently. By the time the Run dialog closes the damage is done.
The reason this attack works so well is threefold. The fake CAPTCHA looks visually identical to a real one. The instructions sound technical and therefore trustworthy. And critically, you are the one executing the command so endpoint security tools see a legitimate user action rather than an automated attack.
Real CAPTCHAs never ask you to open Run dialogs. Real CAPTCHAs never ask you to paste anything. Real CAPTCHAs never give you keyboard shortcuts.
If a webpage ever asks you to press Win + R for any reason, close the tab immediately.
Big Tech will absolutely destroy our drinkable water supply to advance their AI products and increase their profits.
Just like the health insurance industry lets people die to increase their profits.
Just like Big Oil destroys the planet to increase their profits.
Just like military contractors donate millions to politicians to start wars to increase their profits.
Just like polluters poison our air to increase their profits.
Just like food manufacturers add poisons to our food to increase their profits.
Billionaire and trillionaire greed is killing us.
@Kuhachoco@Fajji_Hanji@SeriousShanks Some expansions struggle more than others but Shadowbringer and Endwalker were very well received and had lots of praise from both player base and professional reviews. Dawntrail has struggled a lot but it's because its basically setup for the next major arcs.
@Kuhachoco@Fajji_Hanji@SeriousShanks FFXIV player base is huge, but from my observations do not tend to play other FF titles (I am included in that - I am only just now trying FF6 for the first time). They stick to their social communities.
1/12 This has been going around tonight, so I decided to do some pro bono work for my Blue Archive oomfies and review the law myself ❤️. I wrote a briefing note on it as and made it into a thread to hopefully clarify what is and isn't happening re: merch orders.
I always liked the Key of Awesome parody that poked fun at the repetitiveness and how basic of a pop song it was while not taking any cheap shots at Meghan
Check out our very first spinner pin! We actually designed this a while ago, and have been anxiously waiting for pride month to reveal it. We’re super pleased with how it turned out! It’s seriously too fun to spin 😌
Remember when Musk challenged the World Food Program to explain how he could solve world hunger with just $6 billion, they did, and he just completely ignored them?